What e-liquid strength should I get?

[nonamebrand]

I smoke a pack of Marlboro Lights a day. Each Marlboro Light has about 0.8mg of nicotine. Multiply that by 20 smokes and I require about 16mg/day to function.

 

[Ringo*]

So that's 16mg per ml. Are you just starting? I find I use about 1.5 mls a day of juice, which would mean you'd want to use around 12mg juice (12 x 1.5 = 18). You could just start there and adjust according to your needs...

 

[nonamebrand]

Thanks for your reply. Yes I'm just starting out. I tried a few puffs of a high cartridge on the Health e-cigarette and it was strong. I didn't feel like smoking for about 2 hours after that. I got a buzz from it actually. I'm guessing it was 24mg, but I'm not really sure.

So when they say it's 12/16/24/36mg of nicotine, they mean that is the amount of nicotine per 1mL?

 

[Kate]

Yes, it's a mg per ml measurement except for Johnson Creek who measure mg per 1.2ml.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/health-safety-e-smoking/3598-nicotine-safety.html

 

[bracky1]

So when they say it's 12/16/24/36mg of nicotine, they mean that is the amount of nicotine per 1mL?

Yip, get the 36mg stuff and dilute to taste
If it's 18mg you like, add 50% glycerine and double your quantity of liquid for the same price.

 

[nonamebrand]

mg per mL.

Well that clears a lot of things up. I just found out that the Filipino Marlboro Lights I've been smoking are about 0.5mg per smoke. I guess that puts me at a 10mg dosage of nicotine a day.

I was thinking about buying juice with a high amount of nicotine, which will initially make me smoke less and last longer. But I like my 20 smoke breaks a day, I would like to continue to have 20 smoke breaks a day, but in e-cig form.

Diluting sounds like an option I could take. I have no idea what glycerine is. Off to google I go.